Soft tissue coverage in devastating hand injuries
β Scribed by Giessler, Goetz A; Erdmann, Detlev; Germann, Guenter
- Book ID
- 122472971
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 414 KB
- Volume
- 19
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0749-0712
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